Case Study: PetSafe achieves a one-number consensus forecast and formal S&OP process with John Galt Solutions' Planning Portal

Radio Systems improves supply chain performance by constructing a formal S&OP process using Planning Portal

Petsafe (Radio Systems), the maker of PetSafe and Invisible Fence products, was growing rapidly and had added three acquisitions in two years. With 12 sales managers in the U.S. and three in Europe, reconciling forecasts, improving forecast accuracy, and managing inventory sourced internationally became a major challenge. To centralize input and produce a one-number consensus forecast without heavy overseas installations, Petsafe chose John Galt Solutions' Planning Portal (part of the Atlas Planning Suite).

John Galt Solutions implemented its web-based Planning Portal and Atlas Planning Suite Demand Management Engine to combine statistical baselines with sales-team input, enabling far-flung collaborators to contribute to a single plan. The sales team picked up the Planning Portal in only a few hours, and Petsafe was able to create a one-number consensus forecast and a formal S&OP process involving project managers and SKU directors—improving supply chain performance through faster consensus, centralized planning, and better inventory and forecast control.

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